Presented these days, Apple Vision Pro is presented as the first spatial computer of the Cupertino company. It is capable of combining digital content with the physical space around the user, integrating advanced technologies in an elegant and compact form. The apple logo viewer allows you to navigate simply using your eyes, hands and voice, opening up new ways of interaction and entertainment.
For many, the platform YouTube represents a real point of reference: for entertainment but also for professional development. The absence of an official app for visionOS, the operating system that oversees the operation of Apple Vision Pro, can be a real disappointment. Although neither Google nor Apple intend to develop apps compatible with the new device, an independent developer immediately wanted to fill the gap. Thus she was born Juno.
Juno: YouTube lands on Apple Vision Pro devices
From a technical point of view, Juno – already downloadable via the App Store – is able to bring YouTube videos, in an effective and elegant way, to the spatial computer designed and built by Tim Cook’s company.
The API YouTube they allow you to recover metadata such as preview and duration of videos, together with a wide range of additional information. However, the approach requires entering a unique key and suffers from some usage limitations. There are private APIs that can be used to play video content: in this case, however, there is a real risk of disputes from Google due to the possible avoidance of advertisements.
Juno solves the problem with the Embed API, provided and supported directly by the Mountain View company. They are the solution because they allow video playback inside an object WebView without imposing the use of keys and without restrictions in terms of use.
By leveraging these latest APIs, the Juno developer was able to create a completely native visionOS interface, interact with the YouTube video player via JavaScript, enable automatic detection of the video aspect ratio for automatic window resizing. The system also ensures the display of ads, maintaining a positive relationship with YouTube.
The main features of the YouTube player for Apple Vision Pro
Juno ensures that owners of a visionOS-based headset will enjoy a seamless experience smooth navigation and refined based on visionOS. The application combines the elegance of the native Apple interface with the features of the YouTube platform.
The integrated controls allow you to adjust, backgrounds, contrasts and buttons, the gesture they give you the opportunity to easily navigate between videos, the native controls allow you to customize multimedia playback, access playlists, recommendations, the list of channels to which you are subscribed, comments, and selection of video quality.
The app, which its developer has decided to launch since the presentation of Vision Pro by Apple, offers one feature Multiview to view and manage multiple video.